SimpleX Chat is an open-source web-based chat application which allows real-time communication between users. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install SimpleX Chat on POP! OS Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation process, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
The first step is to install Git, which is a version control system that is required to download SimpleX Chat from GitHub. You can install Git by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install git
Now that Git is installed, we can proceed with cloning SimpleX Chat from GitHub. Run the following command to create a directory for SimpleX Chat and clone the repository:
mkdir -p ~/simplex-chat && cd ~/simplex-chat
git clone https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat.git .
SimpleX Chat requires Node.js to run. Use the following commands to install Node.js:
sudo apt-get -y install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get -y install nodejs
Now that Node.js is installed, we can install the dependencies required by SimpleX Chat. Use the following command to install the dependencies:
npm install
The last step is to configure SimpleX Chat. Copy the config.example.js file to config.js and edit it according to your preferences:
cp config.example.js config.js
nano config.js
The final step is to run SimpleX Chat:
npm start
SimpleX Chat should now be accessible by going to http://localhost:8888 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SimpleX Chat on POP! OS Latest.
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